<p>Eighteen more people have been arrested by Maharashtra Police's CID in the Palghar lynching case, officials said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The Crime Investigation Department (CID) is probing the incident in which three persons, including two seers, who were lynched by a mob of villagers in neighbouring Palghar district last month.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/palghar-mob-lynching-superintendent-of-police-sent-on-forced-leave-says-maharashtra-home-minister-anil-deshmukh-834892.html" target="_blank">Palghar Mob Lynching: Superintendent of Police sent on forced leave, says Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh</a></strong></p>.<p>With the latest arrests, the number of those held in connection with the case has gone up to 134.</p>.<p>These include 24 arrested so far by the CID after it was handed over the case, a senior official from the CID said.</p>.<p>All those arrested by the CID were "actively involved in the violence and lynching", another official said.</p>.<p>Earlier, 110 people, including nine juveniles, were taken into custody by Palghar Police in the case.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/no-muslim-arrested-for-palghar-lynching-incident-deshmukh-828418.html" target="_blank">No Muslim arrested for Palghar lynching incident: Deshmukh</a></strong></p>.<p>The incident took place at Gadchinchle village on April 16 when two monks were heading towards Surat from Mumbai in a car with a driver to attend a funeral.</p>.<p>A mob of villagers stopped them and beat them to death on suspicion that they were child-lifters, even as a few police personnel had reached the spot.</p>.<p>Some of the accused later fled into the dense forest around the village. The police used drones to hunt them, an official earlier said.</p>.<p>One of the persons arrested in the case tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month and was admitted to a government hospital. </p>
<p>Eighteen more people have been arrested by Maharashtra Police's CID in the Palghar lynching case, officials said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The Crime Investigation Department (CID) is probing the incident in which three persons, including two seers, who were lynched by a mob of villagers in neighbouring Palghar district last month.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/palghar-mob-lynching-superintendent-of-police-sent-on-forced-leave-says-maharashtra-home-minister-anil-deshmukh-834892.html" target="_blank">Palghar Mob Lynching: Superintendent of Police sent on forced leave, says Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh</a></strong></p>.<p>With the latest arrests, the number of those held in connection with the case has gone up to 134.</p>.<p>These include 24 arrested so far by the CID after it was handed over the case, a senior official from the CID said.</p>.<p>All those arrested by the CID were "actively involved in the violence and lynching", another official said.</p>.<p>Earlier, 110 people, including nine juveniles, were taken into custody by Palghar Police in the case.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/no-muslim-arrested-for-palghar-lynching-incident-deshmukh-828418.html" target="_blank">No Muslim arrested for Palghar lynching incident: Deshmukh</a></strong></p>.<p>The incident took place at Gadchinchle village on April 16 when two monks were heading towards Surat from Mumbai in a car with a driver to attend a funeral.</p>.<p>A mob of villagers stopped them and beat them to death on suspicion that they were child-lifters, even as a few police personnel had reached the spot.</p>.<p>Some of the accused later fled into the dense forest around the village. The police used drones to hunt them, an official earlier said.</p>.<p>One of the persons arrested in the case tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month and was admitted to a government hospital. </p>